If you are not able to attend an examination or in-course assessment (e.g. assignments, projects, essays, tests, etc.) contributing a weighting of 20% or above to the assessment of a course due to extenuating circumstances such as illness, hospitalization, accident, family bereavement or other unforeseeable serious personal or emotional circumstances, you need to inform your home academic unit offering the programme in which you are enrolled.
Long Term Illness | An original letter or certificate from a registered medical practitioner confirming the nature of the illness and the likely impact it had on the student’s ability to undertake assessment. |
Short Term Illness | An original letter or certificate from a registered medical practitioner. A short term illness such as colds, headache, stomach upsets, etc. will not normally be regarded as an extenuating circumstance with regard to assessed coursework, where the student is given a number of weeks/months to complete and submit such work. |
Hospitalization | An original medical letter/certificate from the relevant hospital confirming the period of hospital confinement and the nature and severity of the student’s circumstances and the likely impact it had on the student’s ability to undertake assessment. |
Bereavement | A death certificate and supporting documentation where there is a demonstrably close relationship between the student and the deceased. |
Serious Personal or Emotional Circumstances | An original letter or certificate from an appropriate professional confirming the nature and severity of the student’s circumstances and the likely impact it had on the student’s ability to undertake assessment. |
Transport issues | It is the students' responsibility to ensure that they arrive at the examination on time, irrespective of the form of transport used or relied upon. |
Misreading the examination timetable | It is the students' responsibility to ensure that they know and remember the location, time and duration of all formal assessments. |
Stress | Stress as a result of examination pressure is a common experience of many students and is not considered to be an acceptable extenuating circumstance. |
Holiday and family events |